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Journalist
Country of origin
France

Magali Van Reeth is Vice-President of SIGNIS Europe and chair of the SIGNIS International Cinema Desk as well as film reviewer for the SIGNIS website and for a network of French Catholic parishes and French Catholic media (radio, TV and magazines). She is moderating premiere screenings in cinemas and a workshop on Cinema and Spirituality in prison. She is member of the FIPRESCI through the French Union des journalistes de cinéma (presently board member) and was General Secretary of SIGNIS France (2006–2017). 2013-2017 she was president of SIGNIS Europe.

Articles

The Fascination of Rituals
We often talk about Christians' attachment to cinema, as a path of faith, a crisp look to the world and a window open to an invisible kingdom. Today, I would like to reverse the discourse and evoke the fascination of filmmakers for the religious rituals, says Magali van Reeth in her greeting at the Ecumenical Reception in Mannheim 2022.
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Current issues

Faith in Film Award in Tromsø 2025
An interfaith film jury, including an INTERFILM representative for the first time, awarded the Faith in Film Award 2025 to François Ozon's "When Fall Is Coming".
Church Film Awards 2024
List of awards given by juries appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS or INTERFILM alone (international festival awards) or by other church institutions (national awards).

Events

16.02.2025
Haus der EKD, Charlottenstraße 53/54, 10117 Berlin
Ecumenical Reception at the Berlinale
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11.10.2023
Café of the Propsteikirche Leipzig, Nonnenmühlgasse 2
Get Together - Meeting with the 8th Interreligious Jury at DOK Leipzig 2023
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